Hoster said the group was approaching Stetson Drive when a man driving a red Scion TC coupe began driving behind the golf cart and bumping the rear of it.

Brayer got off the cart and approached the Scion driver, later identified as Parks, Hoster said.

Parks shot Brayer in the head with a .40-caliber handgun before fleeing east on Stetson and south on 75th Street, hitting other cars along the way, according to police and court records. Brayer was taken to a hospital, where he died.

Police said Parks turned himself in "after seeing reports and vehicle descriptions on local media channels."

A court commissioner set Parks' bond at $300,000.

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Hezron Parks appears before a court commissioner for the first time since being arrested in the fatal shooting of Kyle Brayer, 34, in Scottsdale on February 4, 2018.
Maricopa County Superior Court

'An exceptional young man'

The Tempe Fire Medical Rescue Department called Brayer's death a "horrible tragedy" in a statement Sunday, saying he would "be missed by his family of colleagues in the fire department and by the wider community of first responders in the Valley."

Among other accomplishments during his 10 years with the department, Brayer started Tempe's Veterans Telemedicine Program in 2016. The program provides in-home medical care to high-risk veterans living in Tempe through a partnership with the Phoenix Veterans Administration hospital.

“Kyle was an exceptional young man," Tempe Fire Chief Greg Ruiz said. "He was very caring and passionate about his work and the Tempe community."

We are saddened to hear the news of Tempe Fire captain Kyle Brayer. We are thinking of his family, friends, co-workers and the @Tempegov community.

Tempe Mayor Mark Mitchell also expressed his condolences to those who knew Brayer in a Facebook post.

"The City of Tempe lost one of our own today," he wrote. "Fire Captain Kyle Brayer was a valued member of our Fire Medical Rescue Team and my thoughts go out to his family, friends and fellow firefighters."

'The total package'

A Facebook photo shows Kyle Brayer, a Tempe fire captain who died in a road altercation in Scottsdale on Feb. 4, 2018, police said.(Photo: Facebook)

“My family was very patriotic," said Brayer, an ASU junior at the time. "We flew the flag every day, and my grandfather was a decorated World War II veteran who was regional director of the American Legion in Arizona.”

The article said Brayer was stationed in Iraq for nine months, building bombs and rockets. During his time in the military, he helped provide humanitarian aid in the Philippines, the report said.

After his first deployment in 2004, Brayer opened a business called Epic Fitness in La Jolla, Calif., which grew from only two employees to 14 trainers, coaches, nutritionists and yoga instructors, according to the company's website.

Brayer in 2006 moved the company to Tempe, where it provided on-site personal training to Phoenix and East Valley residents, the website said. His Linkedin profile indicates he also taught a course at Mesa Community College on firefighter fitness and conditioning.

"He was the total package," said Josh Reynolds, a friend of Brayer's who played hockey with him in the 2011 World Police and Fire Games in New York. "He was successful at everything he did and will be missed by all."